Relationship between CD4 count and CD4% in HIV-infected people

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1367-1372

  Yu, L Mee ^a   Easterbrook, Philippa J ^a   Marshall, Tom ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0031449851     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1367     Document Type: Article

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